Georgia Tech's Kammeon Holsey, left, goes up for a shot as Cal's David Kravish defends during the first half of their second-round game at the DirecTV Classic in Anaheim on Friday. MARK J. TERRILL, AP

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Saint Mary's Stephen Holt, center, goes up for a shot as Pacific's Lorenzo McCloud, left, and Travis Fulton look on in their second-round game of the DirecTV Classic in Anaheim on Friday. MARK J. TERRILL, AP

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Rice's Austin Ramljak, left, and Drake's Jordan Clarke battle for a loose ball during their second-round game in the DirecTV Classic tournament in Anaheim on Friday. MARK J. TERRILL, AP

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Xavier's Erik Stenger, right, puts up a shot as Drexel's Dartaye Ruffin defends during the first half of their second-round game in the DirecTV Classic in Anaheim on Friday. MARK J. TERRILL, AP

Cal's David Kravish reacts after scoring during the second half of a second-round game in the DirecTV Classic in Anaheim. MARK J. TERRILL, AP

ANAHEIM – Justin Cobbs scored 17 points Richard Solomon got six of his 12 points down the stretch to help fuel a pivotal rally as Cal beat Georgia Tech 68-57 on Friday night to advance to the championship game of the DirecTV Classic at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Allen Crabbe added 13 points and five assists for Cal (5-0). Cal's opponent in Sunday's title game will be Pacific, which beat St. Mary's 76-66 earlier Friday and topped Xavier 70-67 in Thursday's first-round game. The Golden Bears got to the semifinal round with a 73-70 win over Drake.

Mfon Udofia had 16 points and Kammeon Holsey came off the bench to score 14 for Georgia Tech (3-1), which shot 39 percent from the field, was 2 of 15 from 3-point range and was outrebounded 41-29.

Neither team led by more than six points during a fast-paced first half that ended with Cal leading 34-33 on Robert Thurman's buzzer-beating dunk — his first points of the game.

Crabbe's layup with 12:31 left in the game snapped a 42-all tie and triggered a 12-2 run that helped Cal pull away to a 54-44 lead with 8:09 remaining. Cobbs had a fast-break dunk after stealing the ball from Robert Carter Jr. at the other end just 37 seconds after Crabbe's basket, and freshman guard Tyrone Wallace — playing extra minutes because of Ricky Kreklow's foot injury — capped the deciding rally with a three-point play after Solomon made a layup and a pair of free throws.

Crabbe and Wallace helped put it away with 3-pointers in the final 5:34 after the Bears had missed 11 of their first 12 attempts from behind the arc. Since the start of last season, Georgia Tech is 0-20 when trailing with 5 minutes remaining.

Cal scored the game's first six points and maintained its lead until Holsey scored nine consecutive Georgia Tech points in a 2:53 span to help the Yellow Jackets tie it at 17 with 10:48 left in the half.

A couple of sloppy turnovers by Cobbs and Crabbe on back-to-back possessions resulted in a go-ahead three-point play by Carter off a fast break. Another fast-break layup by Udofia gave Tech a 22-17 lead with 9:43 left before halftime and convinced Cal coach Mike Montgomery to call a much-needed timeout.

Cal is 3-0 all-time against Georgia Tech, with the other two meetings coming a day apart in December 1950.

Pacific 76, St. Mary's 66: Lorenzo McCloud scored 18 points, including 5-of-10 shooting from the field and an 8-for-9 performance from the free-throw line, to lead Pacific past Saint Mary's 76-66 on Friday afternoon in the DirecTV Classic.

McCloud was one of four players in double figures for the Tigers. Ross Rivera scored 14 points, Khalil Kelley had 12 and Sama Taku added 11.

Pacific (3-2) shot 53.1 percent from the field and was 21 of 26 from the free-throw line.

The Tigers led 32-29 at the break and opened the second half with a 26-10 run capped off by Andrew Bock who sunk two free throws with 6:06 to play to make it 58-39, giving Pacific its largest lead.

Matthew Dellavedova had 16 points for Saint Mary's (4-1) while Stephen Holt and Beau Levesque each had 15. The Gaels were 11 of 27 from beyond the arc.

Drake 77, Rice 66: Jordan Clarke set a tournament record with 18 rebounds and was one of five double-figure scorers with 15 points for Drake in a 77-66 victory over Rice in the sixth annual DirecTV Classic at the Anaheim Convention Center on Friday night.

Xavier 69, Drexel 65: Semaj Christon scored a season-high 23 points on 10-of-14 shooting, helping Xavier bounce back from a tough loss with a 69-65 victory over Drexel on Friday in the DirecTV Classic consolation bracket at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Christon, a freshman, had 18 points in the Musketeers' first defeat of the season, 70-67 to Pacific on Thursday. He added six assists in this one to lead Xavier (4-1), which also got 13 points from Jeff Robinson and 12 from Justin Martin. Martin's free throw with 9 seconds left made it a two-possession game and effectively sealed the victory.

Damion Lee had 19 points and Frantz Massenat added 18 for the Dragons (1-4), who lost despite shooting 55 percent from the field. Xavier nearly matched that number, hitting 51 percent of its shots.

On Sunday, Xavier will face the winner of late Friday's Rice-Drake matchup, while Drexel will play the loser of that game.

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